4:30 am- Water Breaks. My water also broke with Sarah first and I ended up not having contractions and having to go to the hospital and put on pitocin. I figured it would be about the same with this one so I went downstairs and had a bowl of cereal. I decided not to wake up Cam yet and I'd let him sleep.
4:45 am- Start having contractions and timing them. They are about 7 minutes apart.
5:00 am- Contractions are getting stronger so I decide I should wake up Cam and take a shower.
5:30 am- Call Sonya and let her know the girls will be coming over early that morning. Then contine getting ready and getting all the last minute stuff together for the girls. Still taking our time. The contractions are getting stronger and probably about 4 minutes apart. Figured still had plenty of time.
6:30 am- Arrive at Sonyas house to drop off the girls. I realize at this point that the contractions are getting a lot faster and closer together. This is the first time I was worried that we might have waited a little too long!
6:35 am- Drive to the hospital and realize that I have not called the doctor...oops! Use google text to find the number and call the doctor to let them know we are on the way.
6:50 am- Arrive at the hospital. Cam drops me off at the entrance and I run in to check-in.
7:00 am- They finally get me into triage after signing random papers. This whole time I was in a lot of pain and having lots of contractions. They check me and tell me that I am at 6 cm. When I checked into the hospital with Abby, I was also at 6 cm. Cam and I were then relieved that we still had a couple of hours and I would probably be able to get an epidural. However the contractions were a lot stronger than they were with Abby at this point and coming a lot faster. With Abby they finally had to break my water late into the labor, but with Joshua my water had already broken. In my experience contractions when your water has broken are so much stronger!
7:05 am- Finally arrive in labor room. Nurses are running around frantically trying to get everything ready so I can get an epidural. At this point though there is hardly any relief from the contractions and they are getting very strong. I just kept saying...."These are so much stronger" and "Why do they hurt so much?"
7:15 am- After 10 minutes of those I start to feel a lot of pressure. I tell the nurse and she says to just let her know if I have the urge to push. I tell her I definitely have the urge to push. She checks me and says that I am complete. No time for epidural..time to have a baby.
7:18 am- Doctor arrives. She literally drove from her house and walked straight into my room to have me start pushing.
After about 3 hours of labor, 30 frantic minutes in the hospital and 2 pushes Joshua Stone Land arrived at 7:21 am. He weighed 7 lbs 15 oz and was 21 inches long.
Here are some picture of our sweet little "blue" bundle of joy!
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